Ski Newsletter - 14th March 2006

Bags of fresh powder, blue skies and glorious sunshine, today is a perfect skiing day. With even more sunshine and snow on the way, make sure you hit the slopes this season with an Igluski holiday and experience Europe's best ski conditions in years.

This week's mountain report comes from Veronica, who visited Verbier in Switzerland.

Reporting from the Mountain - Verbier:
"Fantastic skiing and an excellent all round resort, you will never have a dull moment in Verbier" - Veronica, 13.03.06
If you fancy trying something different, Veronica suggests taking an afternoon off from skiing and hitting the slopes with a sledge instead. Verbier is home to a 10km sledge track, which takes you through the trees, along the pistes and spits you out at the bottom of the La Tzoumaz lift - ?the most fun afternoon out of the whole holiday?. If you can't bear spending a day away from your skis, night time sledging is also available!

Take advantage of our fantastic offers to Verbier from just £199 pp. Read more about Verbier and add your own reviews here.

Book now for next ski season and guarantee your place on the slopes. At Igluski we have a vast range of family ski chalets with excellent child care facilities, fantastic early group offers and wide choice of ski properties, all available to book now for next season. For the ultimate ski holiday, have a look at our recommended ski chalets.

Snow Reports - Massive Snowfall Across Europe

It has been a fantastic start to the week in Europe. After a weekend of heavy snowfall, there are blue skies and sunshine across the Alps, perfect conditions in which to enjoy all the fresh powder. St Anton and Lech in Austria, received up to 30cm of new snow at the weekend. France and Switzerland are also both looking really good after the recent snowfall, with Verbier getting as much as 27cm of fresh snow in 2 days. More snow is predicted for later in the week, so we can expect the conditions to just keep on improving.

Double Olympic champion Benjamin Raich claimed the title as overall World Cup champion this weekend, after finishing 4th in the Slalom in Japan. Raich gained 50 points for his 4th place, giving him an unbeatable lead of 1310 points in the overall standing and securing him his first ever overall World Cup title. Raich joins the likes of Karl Schranz and Hermann Maier, ensuring that the title is won for a sixth time in seven years by an Austrian. Next week sees the end of the Skiing World Cup, with the finale being held in Are in Sweden.
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